Zermatt

A 21/21 format photo album in a 90-page box and 49 photographs of the Matterhorn, this mythical mountain ... The perfection of form, unique in the world for the respect it imposes. Its shape inspired that of the famous Swiss chocolate Tobleron.
 This unique image printed on Arches paper makes the material even more palpable ...
 ... Most of the battle to conquer the Matterhorn was not, however, on the Swiss side, where the Hörnli ridge was considered impassable, but on its Italian side, in Valtournenche. It was there, between 1860 and 1865, that the main attempts were made, via the tormented Lion Ridge. Whymper was in competition with other Englishmen, but also with a local chamois hunter: Jean-Antoine Carrel ...
 Other Matterhorn images are available for sale as a single print